If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Cheeky wee overnighter

this was our first overnighter of the year, the weather played nice with us, it was cold (about -1c in the eve) but clear. We saw billions of stars, watched an amazing moonrise, and went to sleep listening to the waves on the shore and a pair of owls somewhere near by. Also got a chance to try out my cobbled together FBC insulated bag, it's an outside layer of fleece, a middle layer of space blanket (the kind they give to marathon runners) and a inside layer of polycotton. Worked a treat it did
Sorry about the sideways pictures

thanks guys it was a good night
Nothermark- that's good free software, thanks for the heads up, i'll have to hang my head though, I use photoshop CS5 I was just being lazy because I took those on my crappy phone camera

flight_chick- cheers chick

sargevining- only warm cheekies here with my JRB full length UQ, so I suppose you could say I had toasted buns
It was Kirkcudbright (pronounced Kircoobree) on the west coast. I'd love to see Maine one day, love the New England vibe, and great seafood too.

“The censorious said she slept in a hammock and understood Yeats's poems, but her family denied both stories.”
― Saki, The Chronicles of Clovis

thanks guys it was a good night
Nothermark- that's good free software, thanks for the heads up, i'll have to hang my head though, I use photoshop CS5 I was just being lazy because I took those on my crappy phone camera

flight_chick- cheers chick

sargevining- only warm cheekies here with my JRB full length UQ, so I suppose you could say I had toasted buns
It was Kirkcudbright (pronounced Kircoobree) on the west coast. I'd love to see Maine one day, love the New England vibe, and great seafood too.

Someday I'd like to get out to Scotland as well.

New England is where I was born, New Hampshire to be specific. Deep woods of NH, Vermont, and Maine are great in the summer, seafood is great, and a lot of extensive trail systems and crisp clean lakes and streams.

But then I went to Texas and never went back to NE to stay. Wide open spaces with good hardwood stands, a variety of terrain that goes from desert canyons to deep piney woods to sun drenched seacoast---all within a 4-8 hour drive (if you live East of Uvalde), and temps so mild that if it ever does get very cold, you just stay home and wait till next weekend when it warms up. We've got good shrimp and redfish down here on the coast, but when you've got Barbeque and Tex Mex all over the place, missing out on clams and lobster don't seem that bad.

Did most of my camping up in Maine in and around the AT. Not gonna lie, it's not much different than here. Think Scotland on Steroids- the mosquitos are as vicious as midges, and if anything there are more trees/higher hills. Either way, it's very much like home (which made the 1 hour 'homesickness' lecture I had to sit through to go look well and truly silly! )